Eve Carson’s Killer, Laurence Lovette, to be Re-Sentenced

 

 
[Read Nicholas Stix’ VDARE report, “Doomed by Diversity: The Murder of Eve Carson.”]

By David in TN

On December 20, 2011, Laurence Lovette was sentenced to “life without the possibility of parole” for the murder of University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson.

On Tuesday, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that Lovette must be resentenced because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sentencing someone under 18 to life without parole is “cruel and unusual punishment.”

 
Lawrence Lovette Jr. 

Lovette was 17 at the time of the murder.

 
Murderer DeMario James Atwater 

Lovette and Demetrio Atwater (who was 26) kidnapped Eve Carson from her home and drove her in her SUV to two ATMs, where Lovette withdrew $700 from Eve Carson’s bank account.

The two killers then drove Carson a mile from the UNC campus where they shot her five times and left her body in the street.

Security footage from an ATM showed Lovette withdrawing money while Atwater held Carson hostage in the back seat. Lovette “made statements to friends that implicated him in the crime.”

Atwater is serving two “life” terms in federal prison. He “avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty to state and federal charges in the case.”

Lovette was never eligible for the death penalty, because of his age.

Lovette is also charged with the January 18, 2008 murder of Duke graduate student Abhijt Mahato, who was found dead in his Durham apartment.

 
Abhijit Mahato 

“According to an arrest warrant, Mahato’s cell phone helped Durham police link Lovette to the crime when he was arrested on March 13, 2008 in Carson’s death.”

Presumably, this means Lovette had Mahato’s cell phone in his possession.

“Lovette has not gone to trial in Mahato’s death. A status hearing is set for Feb. 18 in Durham County Superior Court.”


Previously, at WEJB/NSU:

"One of Eve Carson's Killers Gets Sentenced to Life Until Parole";

"Eve Carson Murder Suspect Trial Date Set";

"Laurence Lovette to Stand Trial in Eve Carson Murder";

"Upcoming, Diversity-Based Murder Trials the National MSM are Ignoring";

"Laurence Lovette Jr. Pleads Not Guilty to Murdering Eve Carson";

“Jury Selection Begins in Eve Carson Murder Trial”;

"Trial Starts in Eve Carson Murder";

"Videos from the Trials of Laurence Lovette Jr. and Demario Atwater for the Murder of Eve Carson";

"Convicted Killer Demario Atwater's Girlfriend Testifies at the Trial of Laurence Lovette Jr. for the Murder of Eve Carson";

"How the Cops Got on Laurence Lovette Jr.'s Trail: An Eve Carson Murder Trial Update";

"HLN Covers the Eve Carson Murder Trial on the Air, but Not at Its Web Site";

"Medical Examiner, Friend of Laurence Lovette Testify in Eve Carson Murder Trial";

"Eve Carson Wanted to Pray with Her Killers";

"Eve Carson Trial on HLN";

"We Have a Match! Laurence Lovette's DNA was Found in Eve Carson's SUV";

"Prosecution, Defense Rest in Eve Carson Murder Trial; Closing Arguments to Come on Monday";

"N.C. Criminal Justice System Failed Eve Carson: Killer and Defendant were Repeatedly Arrested, Even Convicted While on Probation, Without being Jailed";

"NC Dept of Corrections Report Details Negligence That Led to Eve Carson Murder";

"Closing Arguments in Eve Carson Murder Trial";

"Laurence Lovette Jr. Found Guilty of Murdering Eve Carson";

"WRAL on Laurence Lovette Jr.'s Conviction, Sentencing for Murdering Eve Carson";

“Eve Carson Killer Laurence Lovette: Super-Predator in a Revolving-Door System”; and

“Eve Carson’s School Newspaper Deleted All E-Mails Discussing Guilty Verdict in Laurence Lovette's Murder Trial!”